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Nice on the cheap

 Article by John Burnton - The Guardian newspaper 18 May 2008
The lowdown
Nice is the de facto capital of the Côte d’Azur, a Grande Dame the French often dismiss as being pour les riches et les vieux - for the rich and the old. But it has been recently transformed into a vibrant, cultural city. Although […]

How to get around the Riviera

There are more ways to travel to, and around, the Riviera than you think and some of them can be relaxing and enjoyable.

Financial Times marks Nice as investment hotspot

The financial Times in its weekend edition on Saturday the 3rd of November has concluded that Nice’s new tram way system (one of the largest infrastructure projects in Europe) has opened up whole swaths of Nice to the canny investor. Quoting founding director and CEO of Totally Riviera, Dennis Broadfield, the FT continues - “Broadfield […]

“This is the Age of the train…”

…So said Jimmy Saville in the 1980’s in a huge (although obviously low budget) TV ad campaign for British Rail.
But - unlike most of Britian’s current rail services - it seems Jimmy was early, by about 25 years. Only now are we really beginning to see some big, fast shiny developments in European rail travel […]

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